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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: "Calm With Horses" Pages 132-167.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the juxtaposition of Jimmy's comments about Tug's inability to lie convincingly with Jimmy's question about Tug's medication intended to convey?
(a) Jimmy believes that Tug does not need his medication.
(b) Jimmy believes that Tug is off his medication.
(c) Jimmy believes that Tug has medication to sell him.
(d) Jimmy believes that Tug should be on a higher dose of his medication.

2. What technique is used when, on page 23, Teddy describes Sarah's father as a "hair-covered pudding"?
(a) Synechdoche.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Metonymy.

3. What does Bat find in the gas station's bathroom sink?
(a) An empty beer can.
(b) A wad of toilet paper.
(c) A broken tube of lipstick.
(d) A daddy long legs.

4. What is an "alfresco" area of a restaurant?
(a) A smoking section.
(b) The area where people wait for takeout orders.
(c) The section where alcohol is served.
(d) An outdoor section.

5. What is a reasonable inference from the description of Dympna's car in the opening of the story?
(a) Dympna does not take good care of it.
(b) Arm is snobbish about cars.
(c) Arm disapproves of Dympna's lack of gratitude.
(d) Dympna resents the uncle who gave it to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Bat to feel so nauseous that he rushes to the bathroom, thinking he will throw up?

2. After Paudi shows Dympna the injured dog, what question does he ask Dympna?

3. What does "Father Time" always have with him?

4. What technique is being used in the sentence, "He had gaping thyroidal eyes, the broad skull and delicately tissued temples of a monk" (29)?

5. What rule is strictly enforced at the Peacock?

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